question about dvd video with extra files.

[00diabolic]

I have some dvd video files that make a dvd movie.
The disc has extra space on it.

I want to know if I add some extra files avi's and movs to the disc will it mess anything up when I play it on a standalone player? The files are in there own folder. Not where the vobs are.

I want the files to be there if I put them in my computer but not affect the dvd video when playing back on a regular dvd player.

I don't have a standalone to test on otherwise I'd know. Plus I would want to know in general if this sort of file adding can cause problems with playback of the dvd video format.


THX

[00diabolic]

I used Nero and it does not complain about the extra files being there and all the files work and the dvd plays on my computer.

Yet I still want to know if adding extra non dvd content can result in a standalone player having problems with the disc.

In general can you add files to a dvd video disc and have it not effect the playback of the dvd movie?

[mpucoder]

The way you did it is acceptable, and Nero 6 even has a mode for this (DVD with data files). The only thing to watch out for is the number of files you place in the root, if you ever need to (for example a PC auto-install). Other than that a DVD player won't care as long as it can find the VIDEO_TS folder, and its contents are DVD-Video spec.

[00diabolic]

So my disc is not out of spec. COOL

You mentioned nero having a "DVD with data files" option. Do you mean a DVD-video disc with data files?

I do not see this in Nero and I have the newest version 6.6.0.6.

The disc I can burn are:
DVD-Rom = ALL DATA
Copy dvd =DUH
DVD-Video =movie <-- this is what I was using and adding data files
DVD-rom BOOT =data
DVD-ROM EFI BOOT =data
DVD-ROM UDF =packet data
DVD-ROM UDF/ISO =packit data

[mpucoder]

Just looked again, and you are right, there is just "DVD-Video". I must have been thinking of another program.

[ppera2]

I burned over 10 DVD in such way, and there was no problem in standalone
players.
You can burn Video DVD with additional data files even with Roxio burn software, with little trick: select data DVD, UDF format. Then when you drag VIDEO_TS folder in dest. window Roxio says that you need burn DVD Video with it's Disk Copier. To fool Roxio, rename VIDEO_TS folder to something else. After dragging that folder in list, just rename it back to VIDEO_TS, add other files and it will burn as data DVD.
It will work on players because of UDF format.

[ravin]

Originally posted by ppera2
I burned over 10 DVD in such way, and there was no problem in standalone
players.
You can burn Video DVD with additional data files even with Roxio burn software, with little trick: select data DVD, UDF format. Then when you drag VIDEO_TS folder in dest. window Roxio says that you need burn DVD Video with it's Disk Copier. To fool Roxio, rename VIDEO_TS folder to something else. After dragging that folder in list, just rename it back to VIDEO_TS, add other files and it will burn as data DVD.
It will work on players because of UDF format.

I think Roxio's promotion is right, maybe the disc that you burn like that can be played with some software players, but I am not sure that the disc can be played with hardware player. Because the DVD Video's spec has defined DVD Video Data must be burned into the continuous space on the disc, and the extra data must be aligned after the DVD Video Zone.

:)

[ppera2]

Extra data will coming after video part when you drag it after VIDEO_T* directory.